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Trillium 
Erectum. 
THE TRILLIUM (WOOD-LILY). 
T HIS is a singular and beautiful class of hardy her¬ 
baceous plants, belonging exclusively to the United 
States and Canada. The stems have three leaves and 
the flowers, which are large, have three petals, white, 
purple or pink in color, and are produced from April to 
June. We know of no flowers.more beautiful than the 
trilliums of our woods, excepting it be the trilliums in our 
gardens, as they are greatly improved by good garden 
cultivation. They thrive under almost any treatment, 
their preference being for a moist and partially-shaded 
situation. They are tuberous-rooted, and do not divide 
readily, but may be produced rapidly from seed, which, 
as soon as ripe, should be sown in a frame, where it may 
be shaded, or sown in the open ground and slightly 
covered with leaves. 
There is quite a difference in the form and colors of 
the flowers, as well as in their time of flowering. One 
of our correspondents, a great admirer of the trillium, 
notes its peculiarities as follows : 
“ First, the purple trillium, sometimes called the 
‘ bath-flower ’ and 4 wake-robin,’ comes into bloom; 
handsome to the eye, but with an odor far from agree¬ 
able. One pleasure it always gives us—-that of searching 
for its rare varieties. Great is our rejoicing when one is 
found with narrow yellow petals, very unlike those of its 
dark sisters. Yet more rarely we meet with others, differ¬ 
ing from the common flower only in having petals of yel¬ 
lowish green. 
“In favored spots the ‘smiling trillium’ unfolds its 
dark olive leaves and delicate white petals marked 
with crimson. More widely spread, the white tril¬ 
lium glorifies the woodlands while it lasts. The flowers 
vary much in size and form, and gradually change 
from snowy white to pink and red. A large cluster 
